Preoperative and Postoperative Care — MCQs

A female patient has a scalp injury, and sutures were placed after shaving the hair. On which day should the sutures be removed?

A patient underwent inguinal lymph node dissection and a drain was placed. On the 10th postoperative day, severe bleeding occurs. What type of hemorrhage is this?

A patient with hypersplenism underwent splenectomy. What is the most probable opportunistic infection in this patient after the procedure?

A 60-year-old man with no significant past medical history is scheduled for elective cholecystectomy. He has been taking aspirin daily. What preoperative recommendation should be made regarding his aspirin use?

In intravenous hyperalimentation, which of the following are administered?

A patient is advised to avoid strenuous activity following herniorrhaphy for what period?

Which of the following findings does not suggest postoperative infection?

Duodenal blow out following Billroth gastrectomy most commonly occurs on which day?

A 45-year-old woman undergoes an uneventful laparoscopic cholecystectomy, for which she receives one dose of cephalosporin. One week later, she returns to the emergency room with fever, nausea, and copious diarrhea and is suspected of having pseudomembranous colitis. She is afebrile and has no peritoneal signs on abdominal examination. She has a mild leukocytosis with a left shift. What is the appropriate initial management strategy?

A 60-kg, 53-year-old man with no significant medical problems undergoes lysis of adhesions for a small-bowel obstruction. Postoperatively, he has high nasogastric output and low urine output. What is the most appropriate management of his fluids?